• November 2010

• Gareth Watkins Thanks for your comment Andrew. The more clearly defined classifications that sit wi...
• Andrew Cassy Good point on the mindset and barriers to 'home working'. The Ways2Work website itsel...
• admin Annie Moles seems to be have got the Underground covered. You can see an assortment ...

Modal Shift is led by Gareth Watkins and its core focus is on travel planning, transportation logistics, route planning, delivery management and carbon footprinting. Most projects undertaken are ran and completed by me personally although I occasionally work with colleagues for larger pieces of work.

My background is in technology consulting, working with blue chip companies such as ICL and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. My main roles over the years have been in project management, systems analysis and in business process re-engineering for ERP implementations.

I have a BSc in Business Studies and having completed all coursework for an MSc Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies, I am now part consulting and part researching, with the combination providing varied and interesting work, most recently in developing the Travel Plan for Mars Chocolate in Slough (UK). I also provide carbon footprinting data for large scale construction logistics companies, most notably, for Como (Mace Group) for the Nomura building in London, the largest fit-out construction project in the UK at time of writing.

My research is focused upon subject areas covering peak oil, transportation and scarcity adaptation. The objective is to determine adaptation strategies for freight logistics and employee commuting in future peak oil scenarios with a dominant UK focus.

The purpose of this website is to provide useful information on travel plans and transportation in general, sometimes with a commercial slant and sometimes with an academic theory slant.

If you would like to discuss any projects you might have, please contact me on: +44(0)7837 899326.